Role of potash alum in hepatitis C virus transmission at barber's shop

Virology Journal

Volumn 8, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Waheed, Yasir ^a   Safi, Sher Zaman ^a   Qadri, Ishtiaq ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULFATE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; VIRUS RNA; ALUMINUM SULFATE; POTASSIUM CARBONATE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CENTRIFUGATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HAIRDRESSER; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAKISTAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS SURVIVAL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MIXTURE; HEPATITIS C; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

ALUM COMPOUNDS; COMPLEX MIXTURES; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PAKISTAN;

EID: 79955685982     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1743422X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-422X-8-211     Document Type: Article

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